These are the broad features of Egypt’s climate, but local
conditions vary a good deal where there are mountains, espe-
cially in the Sinai Peninsula and in easternmost mainland Egypt.
Temperatures decrease with elevation and can be determined by
using a simple formula: 3.6°F (2°C) per 1,000 feet (305 meters).
The mountains tend to “make” rain, too—an effect geographers
Deserts and plateaus largely comprise Egypt’s landscape, but the area
around the Nile River and delta is fertile and thus home to the majority
of the country’s population. The Nile River also divides the Eastern and
Western deserts, each of which has distinct characteristics: The Eastern
Desert is dissected by wadis (dry beds of seasonal rivers) and is bordered
on the east by mountains, whereas the Western Desert is extremely arid
and is devoid of wadis.
conditions vary a good deal where there are mountains, espe-
cially in the Sinai Peninsula and in easternmost mainland Egypt.
Temperatures decrease with elevation and can be determined by
using a simple formula: 3.6°F (2°C) per 1,000 feet (305 meters).
The mountains tend to “make” rain, too—an effect geographers
Deserts and plateaus largely comprise Egypt’s landscape, but the area
around the Nile River and delta is fertile and thus home to the majority
of the country’s population. The Nile River also divides the Eastern and
Western deserts, each of which has distinct characteristics: The Eastern
Desert is dissected by wadis (dry beds of seasonal rivers) and is bordered
on the east by mountains, whereas the Western Desert is extremely arid
and is devoid of wadis.
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